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Taxis wait in London in June 2014. By law, the drivers of London's black cabs must memorize all of the city's streets, a process that takes years of study. The taxi drivers are opposed to Uber and drivers using a GPS, but the High Court ruled in favor of Uber last week. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption

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London's Cabbies Say 'The Knowledge' Is Better Than Uber And A GPS

The drivers of London's licensed black cabs must memorize every street to navigate the city. In the era of Uber and GPS, this tradition is under threat.

Odel Bennett, a 22-year-old Israeli woman, lies on a hospital bed as her mother Miriam Gal holds Odel's son Natan, 2, at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Bennett was stabbed in an Oct. 3 attack by a Palestinian that killed her husband and lightly wounded her son. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption

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As Attacks Mount, Israelis Describe Lives Lost And Families Shattered

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A train carrying hundreds of migrants stops at the train station in Cakovec, Croatia, on Tuesday. Hungary shut down its border with Croatia to stop the free flow of migrants, prompting Croatia to redirect thousands of people toward its border with Slovenia. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption

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Surge Of Migrants Hits Bottleneck In Slovenia

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Taxis wait in London in June 2014. By law, the drivers of London's black cabs must memorize all of the city's streets, a process that takes years of study. The taxi drivers are opposed to Uber and drivers using a GPS, but the High Court ruled in favor of Uber last week. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption

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London's Cabbies Say 'The Knowledge' Is Better Than Uber And A GPS

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Qumotria Kennedy, 36, stands at the baseball field in downtown Biloxi where she worked as a contract maintenance employee. She's a plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit accusing the city of operating an illegal "debtors' prison." William Widmer/Courtesy of ACLU hide caption

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Lawsuits Target 'Debtors' Prisons' Across the Country

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A Romanée-Conti bottle of 1989 estimated between 6000 and 7000 euros is displayed, on May 12, 2014 in the historic luxury art nouveau hotel Lutetia in Paris. Last Christmas, thieves stole $300,000 worth of fine wines from famed Napa Valley restaurant the French Laundry. Most of it was Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Grand Theft Vino: Higher Wine Prices Are Attracting More Thieves

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